ERIC Number: EJ1145395
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Jul
Pages: 21
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"How Do You Feel about Math?": Relationships between Competence and Value Appraisals, Achievement Emotions and Academic Achievement
Peixoto, Francisco; Sanches, Cristina; Mata, Lourdes; Monteiro, Vera
European Journal of Psychology of Education, v32 n3 p385-405 Jul 2017
This study analyzes the relationships between cognitive appraisals, classroom and test emotions, and math achievement in a sample of 1,219 Portuguese students from the 6th and 8th grades. Participants completed measures of perceived value, perceived competence, and seven math achievement emotions (boredom, hopelessness, anger, anxiety, enjoyment, pride, and relief) experienced in two different settings: classroom and tests. Math achievement was obtained from school records. Results showed significant associations between student competence and value appraisals, their emotional experiences in test and classroom situations, and their math achievement. However, when emotions were considered simultaneously in structural equation modeling, only anger in test situations and hopelessness were significant negative predictors of students' math achievement. Hopelessness appears to play a particular role in the interplay between cognitive appraisals, emotions, and academic achievement as it is the only emotion that relates to math achievement both in test and classroom situations. Furthermore, findings also support the existence of differences in the relationships between cognitive appraisals and the achievement emotions students experience in these two settings.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competence, Psychological Patterns, Mathematics Achievement, Grade 6, Grade 8, Emotional Experience, Classrooms, Tests, Structural Equation Models, Elementary School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Elementary Education; Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Portugal
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